BPH – Maternal and Child Health
Key Facts
Overview
Maternal & Child Health program is a discipline of public health revolving around promoting and preventing therapeutic and rehabilitation services for the mother and child. This branch studies all the aspects of public health like disease burden, welfare programs, policy framework, health services research and community medicine for a target population.
An essential component of this discipline is focusing on maternal health in pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal period while also monitoring the causes of maternal and infant morbidity and mortality. MCH also provides an opportunity in the realm of public health to direct resources and research towards social justice, human rights, inequalities in sexual and reproductive health.
Maternal health is a significant contributor to the development of any country with respect to increasing equity in health, services and rights. The health and well-being of mothers and children in not only crucial for their own rights but also to solve larger issues such as economic, social, and developmental challenges. A strong motivation to study MCH is the fact that a large proportion of the mothers, infants and adolescent girls are still devoid of access to essential quality health services.
The BPH in Maternal and Child Health program offers a platform for interdisciplinary training in key public health skills like program design, evaluation and monitoring, public policy with respect to maternal and child health.
The program is comprised of 210 ECTS credits and can be completed in about 3.5 years. There are a total of 7 semesters, each of 6 month duration. For a detailed list of courses taught in this program, please refer to the curriculum.
This program is conducted fully online in an asyncronous format.
Once you are enrolled you will be provided a username and password to login to our e-Campus. All the courses that you are supposed to study will be available in your account. You can log in and complete your courses at any time of your convenience. Study materials are provided in the form of lectures, reading materials, additional videos, research papers, and so on. The faculty can be contacted for any assistance when required. All tests and assignment submissions also take place via the e-Campus. For more information please refer to the online learning section of the website.
You will be assessed on an ongoing basis via multiple choice question tests, assignment submissions and via End Term Examinations at the end of each semester.
Start
Semester 1 & 2 (Year 1)
1 YearSemester 3 & 4 (Year 2)
1 YearSemester 5, 6 & 7 (Year 3 and 4)
1.5 YearsBachelor's Degree Awarded by James Lind Institute
Graduate within 3.5 years
High school / secondary education (or higher)
Age
All applicants have to be at least 17 years of age on or before the commencement date of their program.
If you are unsure about your eligibility, please reach out to our admission staff.
- A passport size photo (head and shoulders only)
- Copy of identity proof e.g. a copy of passport or any other government-issued identity card
- Copy of high school diploma or equivalent
- Copy of any supporting transcripts/marks sheets
This program is taught in English. Therefore, you should be comfortable in using English as a language of communication (reading, writing and speaking). If you have taken an English language test in the last two years, that is good to have. If not, you can explore a waiver for the English language test.
The English proficiency test is waived-off for the following candidates:
– Native English speakers, OR;
– Applicants who have completed any previous qualifications (e.g. diploma) in English language, OR;
– Applicants who have at least 2 years of work experience in an organization in which English is the primary language of communication.
Our program fees are very reasonable in comparison to other schools. Please calculate the fees applicable to you by using our online fee calculator.
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Career Pathways
The global spending on public health has continued to increase globally. Growing economies are spending substantially more on public health as a proportion of their GDP so that public health infrastructure and services can keep pace with the needs of the population. According to WHO statistics, between 2000 and 2017, global health spending grew by 3.9% a year while the economy grew 3.0% a year. Middle-income countries are rapidly converging towards higher levels of spending. In those countries, health spending rose 6.3% a year between 2000 and 2017 while the economy rose by 5.9% a year. Health spending in low-income countries rose by 7.8% a year.
The higher spending on public health has continued to support the need for public health practitioners who are responsible for the development and deployment of public health interventions globally.
Some of the key roles that are assumed by public health practitioners are:
- Public health research officer
- Health promotion officer
- Epidemiologist / Data analyst
- Wellness and lifestyle coordinator
- Community development officer
- Women’s health officer
- Public health manager
- Community health coordinator
- Public health consultant
- Health strategy officer
- Clinical Research coordinator
- Clinical Data analyst
